Share in our love, hatred, passion, and near-unhealthy addiction to the form of art known as the motion picture. In this podcast, we discuss, debate, and grade the American Film Institute Top 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. Do these movies deserve to stay on the list or fall off into obscurity? Join our three hosts – Greg, an entrepreneur and modern movie extraordinaire, Ihsan, a classic film buff and fact machine, and Paul, the everyday big screen fan, as they embark on a journey from Ben-Hur to Citizen Kane. Starring Greg, Paul, Ihsan. Edited by Ihsan. Produced and Graphic Design by Ayla. Sound Engineered by ZW Wiggins. Original Music by Smellblind. Find more of their music at smellblind.bandcamp.com.
Uh oh, can you hear me? Something seems to be wrong with Paul’s TV. Oh wait. It’s a silent film, and black and white, and yep, he’s already gone. See how far the Film Addicts are willing to go to discuss and surprisingly discover one of America's forgotten classic films.
30 Apr 2020
AFI Top 100: #83: Titanic
Will our hearts go on? Or will they sink to the bottom of the Atlantic with one of our Addict’s opinions of the movie. It’s two versus one here when we discuss one of the most famous Oscar-winning motion pictures. If you are reading this, Celine, we good hold no grudges. Board, dance, and drown with Paul, Greg, Ihsan, and especially Billy Zane on this episode.
28 Apr 2020
AFI Top 100: #84 Easy Rider
If it wasn’t an easy ride, it wouldn’t be an ironic title, now would it? There’s lessons to be learned and lessons to be ignored in this cult classic. Will Ihsan, Greg, and Paul listen to the sweet rumblings of unmuffled motorcycle pipes? Find out when the Addicts take a ride with Hopper and Fonda across America.
24 Apr 2020
AFI Top 100: #85 A Night at the Opera
It is A Night at the Opera that you will remember forever, but will it be with fond remembrance or a stain upon your mind from the time you wasted? Ride along with Chico, Greg, Harpo, Ihsan, Groucho, Paul, and Zeppo in this slapstick comedy by the Marx Brothers.
21 Apr 2020
AFI Top 100: #86 Platoon
Dafoe vs. Berenger. USA vs. Viet Cong. Greg vs. established critics. All classic battles that everyone enjoys from the comfort of their home. Let your legs hang out the helicopter and blast some CCR because we are discussing whether this film stands up to not only other classic war films in the AFI Top 100, but also whether it stands up on its own at all.
22 Mar 2018
AFI Top 100: #87 12 Angry Men
An alternate name for our podcast was almost "Two Angry Men and Nice-Guy Paul." The Film Addicts are ready to bring justice and offer up a verdict on not only the mesmerizing performances but also how this is a masterpiece of one-set fiction. They also go over who the other Addict's personalities match up with in regards to the juror members of the film. I'm sure you can guess them already...
21 Mar 2018
AFI Top 100: #88 Bringing Up Baby
Grant and Hepburn, up there with such iconic duos as Greg and Ihsan, no, Greg and Paul, or was it Ihsan and Paul? Listen in to get your fill or possibly over-fill of what many people consider the pinnacle of screwball comedies, but one of those people isn't Greg. Plus, Ihsan will fanboy hard over director Howard Hawks.
20 Mar 2018
AFI Top 100: #89 The Sixth Sense
Is one of the most fantastic twist endings enough to keep The Sixth Sense on the list in the bloodshot eyes of the Film Addicts? We shall find out, or maybe we won't as Greg, Paul and Ihsan try their best to see dead people.
19 Mar 2018
AFI Top 100: #90 Swing Time
Who is the greatest dancer of all time? Michael Jackson? John Travolta? Maybe you don't care? Ihsan does and he thinks it's the stars of the most technical and classic of the extinguished genre that is dance films. Paul and Greg will try to foxtrot all over this flick, but we will leave the final steps up to discussion. Waltz through with the Film Addicts.
5 Aug 2017
AFI Top 100: #91 Sophie’s Choice
An actress of Meryl Streep's caliber delivers one of her many defining roles in the fictional biopic of a Nazi concentration camp survivor. Acting will assuredly be discussed, but is it enough to keep it on the list? Is any one quality grand enough to keep any film in the running for one of America's 100 greatest movies? Listen in to hear what the guys think.
4 Aug 2017
AFI Top 100: #92 Goodfellas
You may have heard of it. Goodfellas: a masterpiece or an overrated coattail piece of The Godfather's? Scorsese, you may also have heard of him. Is this the master's masterpiece or just a violent crowdpleaser lacking deep meaning? Find out as the guys go back and forth, each questioning each other's deep-rooted assumptions of film. One of our hosts wants it near the top, while another does not. Who doesn't love controversy?
3 Aug 2017
AFI Top 100: #93 The French Connection
Argued as having one of the greatest car chase scenes in cinema, a powerful performance by heavy-hitter Gene Hackman, and a first-time full length feature director all give The French Connection something for each of the guys to gush over and tear apart. Listen in as Ihsan's love of 70's cinema and Greg's love of New York City put blinders up when it come to obvious faults brought to light by Paul's fresh look.
2 Aug 2017
AFI Top 100: #94 Pulp Fiction
A collection of seemingly jumbled scenes collide in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. It is one of the more modern movies on the AFI 100. Will its antics and quick-paced dialogue be enough to interest Paul? Is the fusion of old and new just right or a bad mix? Listen in as Greg and Ihsan's inner fan boys come out like Marvin's brains as they discuss whether it is truly one of America's top 100 movies of all time.
1 Aug 2017
AFI Top 100: #95 The Last Picture Show
The second black and white movie on AFI's Top 100 Films of All Time gets the Film Addicts detox program. One of Ihsan's old time heroes, actor Ben Johnson, tries to bring to life a sleepy town in 1950's Texas, exposing a whole new generation to its charm and hidden underside. The movie also simultaneously reveals just how nerdy Greg and Paul were in high school. See what the guys think on this episode of Film Addicts.
5 Jul 2017
AFI Top 100: #96 Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee. Whether you love him, hate him, or just point him out on the TV while he watches the Knicks lose, you undeniably have heard of him. Listen to the Film Addicts debate and try to untangle what many consider to be Spike Lee's masterpiece, when #96 on AFI's Top 100 Films of All Time gets put into the mic. RIP Radio Raheem.
4 Jul 2017
AFI Top 100: #97 Blade Runner
The forgotten genre of critics and awards, science fiction, comes to the light as #97 on the AFI's Top 100 Films of All Time gets thoroughly tested by the Film Addicts. 2 of the guys are sci-fi junkies, while 1 is not - obviously it's Greg. Can the immense depth and unique vision of Blade Runner hunt down our first unanimous grade? And will it be an A or an F? See what the guys think on this episode of Film Addicts.
3 Jul 2017
AFI Top 100: #98 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee? As in the baseball team? Doodle as in to draw? Dandy as in "candy" spelled wrong? No on all accounts. #98, the first black and white picture on AFI's Top 100 Films of All Time is a grand biopic of musical frontman, George Cohan, portrayed by James Cagney. For the first time, not one of the guys has seen the movie. Can a first time viewing be enough to impress? See what the guys think on this episode of Film Addicts.
2 Jul 2017
AFI Top 100: #99 Toy Story
See where one of the most influential film companies of the last three decades got its full-length feature start - Pixar. Almost no movie today is without some form of digitization or computer graphics. Watch history in the making as #99 on the AFI's Top 100 Films of All Time gets put through an hour alone with the Film Addicts. This time, everybody's seen it before, but will that lead to our first A+ movie? See what the guys think on this episode of Film Addicts.
1 Jul 2017
AFI Top 100: #100 Ben-Hur
I know, I know, it's from 1959. There's love, revenge, and even more revenge. Powerful performances and a record-setting 11 Oscars propelled this lengthy film to #100 on the American Film Institute's Top 100 Films of All Time. As is to be expected from a pre-1960's film, Ihsan loves it, Greg doesn't and Paul had never seen it before. See what the guys think on this episode of Film Addicts.
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